Stove-pipe shelf



(No Model.)

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STOVE PIPE SHELF.

N0. 411.485. Patented Sept. 24, 1889.

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a. node QUiimaooeo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIS JEROME YOUNG, SHAFFER H. YOUNG, AND ZACI-IARIAH URSINIS KNODE, OFHEBRON, NEBRASKA.

STOVE-PIPE SHELF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,485, datedSeptember 24, 1889.

Application filed December 21, 1888. Serial No. 294,275. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIS JEROME YOUNG, SHAFFER H. YOUNG, andZAOHARIAH URSINIS KNODE, citizens of. the United States, residing atllebron, in the county of Thayer and State of Nebraska, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Stove Pipe Shelves, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in stove-pipe shelves; and itconsists in certain novel features hereinafter described and Claimed. 1

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of ourimproved stovepipe shelf. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section ofthe same, and Fig. 3 is a central transverse section. Fig. 4c is ahorizontal section.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the lower section ofthe stove-pipe rising from the stove. B is the upper section, arrangedin vertical alignment with the lower section. O is the shelf secured tothe lower end of the upper section of the stovepipe, and D is thedownwardly -tapering hood connecting the said shelf with the upper endof the lower section of the stovepipe. Within the hood we arrange justbelow the lower plate of the shelf Ca horizontal partition E, the endsof which are arranged a slight distance from the ends of the hood,thereby leaving open spaces F, as shown. The said partition is providedat its sides with the (lOWIlWtLI'dly extending integral tongues G, whichhave their lower ends socured to the upper end of the lower section ofthestove-pipe, and thereby support the said partition within the hood.The partition is provided at its center with an opening I l, arranged invertical alignment with the upper and lower sections of the stovepipeand adapted to be closed by a tilting damper I. The damper-rod J isjournaled in the sides of the hood, and one end extends beyond the frontside of thehood and is bent to form an operating-handle K, as shown.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that we have provided avery simple stovc-pipe shelf of the same general character as that shownin Letters Patent No. 387,277, granted to us August 7, 1888.

By our improved device, when the damperis closed, the heat will bedeflected by the horizontal partition toward the ends of the hood, andwill. then take an inward course toward the upper section of thestove-pipe and escape through the same. The heated currents are thusbrought into direct contact with the entire surface of the lower shelf,and consequently very quickly raise the same to the desired temperature,so that articles placed thereon will be kept warm, as will be readilyunderstood. When the damper is opened, the heated currents pass directlythrough the central opening in the partition and out through the centralopening in the stove-pipe, so that the shelf will not be raised to sucha high temperature.

Our improved device is very simple and inexpensive. The construction issuch that it occupies comparatively little or no room within the hood,so that the interior of the hood is not provided with the obstructionsto the free circulation of the heated currents.

Having thus described our improvements, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the shelf and the hood having aligned openings,of the horizontal partition within the hood, having its ends arranged aslight distance from the ends of the hood, and provided with a centralopening in alignment with the openings in the hood and shelf, thesupporting-tongues formed integral with and depending from the sides ofthe partition, and the damper adapted to close the central opening inthe partition and having its operating-rod journaled in the sides of thehood, as specified.

2. The combination, with the stoveshelf and the hood dependingtherefrom, of the horizontal partition within the hood, having a centralopening and arranged out of con tact with the hood, thesupporting-tongues depending from the sides of the partition, and adamper adapted to close the central opening in the partition, as setforth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

YVILLIS JEROME YOUNG. SHAFFER H. YOUNG. ZACI'IARIAH URSINIS KNODE.

\Vit'nesses:

C. L. RICHARDS, GEORGE BRUMBAUGH.

